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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1894
Page
5
Doster, Breideothil, and remaining contenders recount the defeat scene by scene. They detail missteps, key turns, and the pressure that swung outcomes against them, offering memories of what could have changed the result.
The piece reports Baye Dester's Dester era and the Populists facing defeat as Chairman Breidenthal and others note a Republican landslide across the state. It cites reactions from Judge Doster Governor Lowllang and officials blaming general unrest, corporate influence, and labor sentiment for losses.
A New York spiritualist, Mrs Mary Williams of New York, arrives in Paris on October 21 to hold seances following visits to Berlin and Hamburg. The Duchess of Pormparth, a prominent spiritual leader, hosts sessions in her palace while the Duke of Pompard suspects intrigue surrounding the affair.
A letter complains of nightly noise from horns and cheers by boys and roughs, largely drunk, disrupting streets. It urges police action to stop the unvarying racket, noting it persists since October 31 and worsens on election nights and hollows.
A. Barton, a colored sanitary policeman, was arrested on election day for alleged interference with the election fee. The police court delayed the case to morning. witnesses and election officers failed to appear. Judge Entringer dismissed the case after Barton appeared on his own recognizance.
Rumors alleging diphtheria after the death of 11 year old Arley Barabias on Tenth Street Topeka Avenue were dismissed by City Physician Hibben Nag. Attending physician Dr W Bailey confirms the boy died from whooping cough evolving into pneumonia. The crackdown on rumors traced to a local druggist, who sold medicines in the same building. No diphtheria cases remain in the city.
In police court a quarrel between neighbors Richard Weber and Richard Shafer is aired. Shafer charged with disturbing the peace. Weber testifies he was the primary witness. Shafer and his family appear drunk. Shafer explains their children played near the fence and worsened the dispute. Judge Ensminger admonishes to confine to the quarrel.
A flurry of Topeka items recounts court delays over drunkenness claims, Republican gains, ratification rallies, and party figures. Notes on officials, candidates, and election bets mingle with society glimpses, a Chicago fire, and Paris commentary on Tammany Hall.
T B Kelly, a former Republican who joined the Populists last summer, says the election results are unsurprising. He predicts Republicans will be crushed in two years as Populists promised and failed, with taxes the only stable issue and wheat prices collapsing to 25 cents a bushel in Kansas. He argues the Populists carried the state with 115,000 votes and believes the option will carry in 1906.
The coming of Felix Morris to Topeka’s Grand Opera House promises a rare event in local drama. The comedy star will perform A Game of Cards as curtain raiser and the three act farce Behind the Scenes, following a Chicago run. Morris is currently in St Louis after a successful Schiller engagement.
The Missionary Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in Brookl ym convenes with bishops and mission bodies from worldwide districts. They discuss fundraising goals for next year amid hard times while decorations honor Dr. Storrs and J D Wells. The sermon cites election doctrine as the gathering reflects on purpose and duty.
Reports from German sources say seventy soldiers in a foot regiment at Glogau Prussian Silesia suffer cholera with barracks isolated andpox reported. Berlin correspondent notes Germany will resist restraint on Japan's China demands. A North German Gazette remark cites trouble securing joint action by powers. A railway company filing shows gross earnings of 0,877,290 with a deficit of 630,875 against a prior surplus.
The wreck near Rosensteel siding two miles east of Rockwood left six dead including brakeman GW Minear. Mail clerks P A Williamson and C K Hooten were injured but not fatally. passengers escaped major harm. In other notes, Attorney General Hancock says liquor sales on trains are legal if sold in buffet cars, and Prince Hohenlohe pressures cabinet changes in Prussia with expected resignations.
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